The Town of Odyssey

Patterson, Monty would actually be too young to fully understand that, in my opinion, unless he's a genius. (Which his sister is, so maybe.) The AIO writers tend to write these stories in a Christianized bubble and the characters always learn the right moral right away, even the children. You can ge...

These episodes broadcast on 2022-03-10 and 2022-03-11. Episode summary Monty Whittaker-Dowd, Whit's grandson, comes to visit for the summer, and learns a few lessons along the way. My thoughts Ah, our main Chad Reisser character: Whit's grandson Monty! Monty is a little devil. And Whit has a TV? I w...

It's a good thing your name starts with the letter b.

This episode broadcast on 2022-03-09 Episode summary Phillip Callas gets angry during baseball practice and tells his younger brother Dean to go home. When Dean doesn't return home, the police get involved and try to track down the boy. My thoughts These parents expected a (12-year-old?) boy to watc...

I had forgotten that this episode exists. Wow, for a person who can think ahead (about having to remember a bad decision's outcome, including the guilt), this is quite an interesting episode. I've heard once that guilt is a powerful motivator.

4/5

This is another classic AIO episode. Yet again, our Chad Reisser character is tormenting another child. He learns his lesson though. It's a solid one for children to hear, and a fun one for us old guys who've heard it a number of times.

It's not mind-blowing, so it's just a solid 3.

3/5

I want the old way, which is not the same as the other old way! Why is this so difficult?!

jk

I confess, the last time I was active here, AIO was in a hiatus so no new episodes were happening so I participated in very few AIO conversations.

Andre never told me...

John Andre Whittaker is a serial killer that took over John Paul Whittaker's life after he... disposed of him. JAW is content to settle down, now that he's pretending to be a WWII veteran who should be in his 90s. Nobody expects somebody like that to be a dangerous man! Now he can just run an ice cr...

This episode broadcast on 2022-03-04 Episode summary A boy plants fear in the heart of his younger sister as she anticipates her first major dental appointment. Unfortunately for him, his plans backfire. My thoughts This is one of the best early episodes. It's a standalone story, about a boy who mak...

This episode broadcast on 2022-03-02 Episode summary Whit's End is packed with so many customers that Whit can't handle it by himself. Fortunately, a young girl by the name of Connie Kendall comes to work for him while she tries to earn some money to return home to California. My thoughts We meet a ...

Ah, thank you! I find that choice acceptable. And yes, the discoverability is weak, but only because the drop-down is below the entire list of topics. But it's there, so I'm good. Carry on! -- March 7th, 2022, 7:34 pm -- Sorry for the double-post. You can merge these if necessary. I need the attenti...

I'm mildly intrigued as to the technical details of that. Did you have to add metadata to each thread, for the original airdate of the discussed episode?

This episode broadcast on 2022-03-01 Episode summary Craig Moorhead's middle school friends like having him around because he makes them laugh. However, when Craig faces a problem that isn't funny at all, and his friends aren't so friendly anymore, he realizes that just having a sense of humor isn't...

Did somebody change the order of topics in the Episode Reviews sub-forum? The new order is unclear. I know that I appreciated the regular most-recent order.

This episode broadcast on 2022-02-28. Episode summary Davey Holcomb learns that failure is important when Whit shows him how to turn a failure into a great success. My thoughts Whit's Flop is obviously one of the classic episodes. We met Mr. Whittaker, and a kid (who didn't last too much longer as t...

I have been waffling on reviewing the old episodes. Sometimes I forget to pull up AIO to listen to it in a day. But yes, I caught that on the aiowiki schedule page!

Well, now that part 1 re-aired, here's my thoughts on that. Olivia is on a downward spiral, and hurts her friend by straight-up lying to her and omitting newsworthy information during an interview. She then blabs this info freely to the next, competing reporter. This walking away from her faith has ...

*thread merged* This episode broadcast on 2022-02-23 Episode summary Whit sends Olivia on an Imagination Station adventure to find a blind beggar named Ezra, his mother Lydia, and the one person who could change all of their lives. My thoughts Still on Olivia's conflict with faith. She goes on an I...

Some pretzels. I was going to slather peanut butter on them but I got lazy.